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Legal Environment of Business: A Critical Thinking Approach, 4/E
Nancy K. Kubasek, Bowling Green University
Bartley A Brennan, Bowling Green University
Neil Browne, Bowling Green University

ISBN-10: 0131498568
ISBN-13: 9780131498563

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Cloth; 888 pp
Published: 07/01/2005

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For courses in Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business.

 

This is the book that offers an alternative to the traditional method of case analysis by emphasizing the use of a step-by-step, 15 question model of critical thinking/ethical analysis.

 

For courses in Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business.

 

This is the book that offers an alternative to the traditional method of case analysis by emphasizing the use of a step-by-step, 15 question model of critical thinking/ethical analysis.

Q: What is the most important outcome for your students in this class?  Is it the memorization of legal facts, or the development of their critical thinking capacity? 

A: This book outlines an authoritative step-by-step critical thinking model and asks students to consistently apply it to case analysis, thereby developing skills they will use long after they forget facts.

  • Step-by-Step Critical Thinking Model — is introduced in Ch.1; includes chapter-opening critical thinking boxes that follow selective cases, and 15 chapter-end review and case questions.
    • Serves to introduce and reinforce chapter concepts while allowing students to apply critical thinking skills and analyses to related questions for either classroom discussion or outside assignment material.     

                Example: pg .6

  • 15 Critical Thinking Questions are posed and students are asked to apply each as they analyze selected cases. 

                Examples: pgs. 81,119, & 263

  • “Asking the Right Questions about the Legal Environment” is a supplement that encourages students to think analytically about legal issues. 
    • Provides additional critical thinking material that can be fully integrated, selectively integrated, or can be read independently.

Other Key Points of Differentiation:

Q: What role does ethics play in your course?  How do you teach students about the impact of values (ethics) on legal outcomes?

A: This book places a special emphasis on the impact of values (ethics) on legal outcomes and gives students hands-on opportunities to develop their understanding and ethical reasoning skills. 

  • Integration of Ethics -  The critical thinking model introduced in Chapter 1 incorporates ethics into the case analysis. Questioning how a person's ethics influences his or her decision making therefore becomes a routine part of a student's evaluative behavior. For those who want to emphasize this approach to ethics, Chapter 5 in the “Asking the Right Questions About the Legal Environment” provides more material to work with.

             Examples: pgs. 5 & 7 (in text)

           Examples pgs. XX in supplement

  • A Chapter on Ethics and Social Responsibility (Chapter 9) is available for those who prefer a more traditional approach to ethics, or who would like to spend additional time discussing ethics.

 

1.  Reorganized the first part of the text to better reflect the order in which a number of adopters use the chapters.

2.  Added discussions of the varied implications of Sarbanes-Oxley integrated throughout the text.

 3.  Added a number of more recent cases, as noted in the foregoing section

  •              Snowey’s v. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc, 11 Cal.Rptr.3d 35 (Ct. App., Calif., 2004) (discussed in Chatper 3);
  • United States v. Martha Steward and Peter Bacanivic, 323 F.Supp.2d 606 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (excertped in Chapter 1);
  • Ashcroft v. ACLU, 124 S. Ct. 2783 (2004). (discussed in Chapter 4 ); • Thornton v. United States, 124 S. Ct. 2127 (2004) (discussed in Chapter 4);
  • Pierce County v. Guillen, 537 U.S. 129 (2003) (discussed in Chapter 5);
  • United States v. American Library Association, Ashcroft v. ACLU,,124 S. Ct. 2783 (2004) (discussed in Chapter 5);
  • Thornton v. United States, 124 S. Ct. 2127 (2004) (discussed in Chapter 5);
  • Illinois v. Lidster, 124 S. Ct. 885 (2004) (discussed in Chapter 5);
  • United States v. Gray, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 367 F. 3D 1263 (2004), excerpted in Chapter 7;
  •  Optinrealbig.com v. Ironport Systems (SpamCop.net), discussed in chapter 12
  •  Campbell v. State Farm, 123 S. Ct. 1513 (2002) (discussed in Chapter 12);
  •  Traffix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 121 S. Ct. 1225 (2001), (discussed in Ch. 14)
  •  County of Wayne v. Hathcock, 684 N.W.2d 765 (2004), (excerpted Ch. 14)
  •  Brown University and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW AFL–CIO , Case 1–RC–21368
  • (July 13, 2004) (discussed in Chapter 19)
  • General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Dennis Cline, et al., 540 U.S. 581 (2004) (discussed in Chapter 20);
  •  Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 124 S. Ct. 2204 (2004), excerpted in chapter 21;
  • United States v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. June 28, 2001)(excerpted in Ch. 23).

4. Added numerous new business examples throughout the text.

5. Revised many of the case problems at the end of each chapter

6. Added an “Assignment on the Internet” to the end of each chapter

(NOTE: Each chapter contains a Summary, Review Questions, Review Problems, Case Problems, and an “On the Internet” section.)

I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS.

  1. Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning.

  2. Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business.

  3. The American Legal System.

  4. Alternative Tools of Dispute Resolution.

  5. Constitutional Principles.

  6. Cyberlaw and Its Impact on the Legal Environment.

  7. White Collar Crime and the Business Community.

  8. Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager.

II. PRIVATE LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS.

  9. The International Legal Environment of Business.

10. The Law of Contracts and Sales—I.

11. The Law of Contracts and Sales—II.

12. The Law of Torts.

13. Product and Service Liability Law.

14. Law of Property: Real, Personal, and Intellectual.

15. Agency Law.

16. Law and Business Associations.

III. PUBLIC LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS.

17. The Law of Administrative Agencies.

18. The Employment Relationship.

19. Laws Governing Labor-Management Relations.

20. Employment Discrimination.

21. Environmental Law.

22. Rules Governing the Issuance and Trading of Securities.

23. Antitrust Laws.

24. Laws of Debtor-Creditor Relations and Consumer Protection.

    For courses in business law and the legal environment of business.

     

    This is the only textbook that helps students develop a thorough understanding of the legal environment of business and enhances their ability to engage in critical thinking and ethical analysis.

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